Luque Fernández, MA; Galmés Truyols, A; Herrera Guibert, D; Arbona Cerdá, G; Sancho Gayá, F; (2008) Cohort study of an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis in a nursing home for elderly, Majorca, Spain, February 2008. Euro surveillance, 13 (51). pp. 36-44. ISSN 1025-496X https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2305247
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Abstract
An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis occurred in a nursing home for elderly in Majorca between 4 and 23 February 2008. To know its aetiology and mechanism of transmission a retrospective cohort study was conducted with a fixed cohort including 146 people (96 residents and 50 employees). The data were collected from clinical histories and through a survey by questionnaire. In total 71 cases were identified (53 residents, 18 employees), corresponding to an overall attack rate (AR) of 48.6%.